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This is the story of a library like no other. A rich widow Martha Stewart Haskell had the idea to build a library right on the border of the United States and Canada to serve small communities in southern most Quebec and northern Vermont. It opened in 1904. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House

Pete Rose had to die to finally get a shot at the Hall of Fame. He’s been trying to get off the permanent ineligible list for 36 years. He broke the cardinal rule of Major League Baseball. He bet on Cincinnati Reds games while he was the manager. He says he only bet for them

Interviewing a president is one of toughest assignments for any reporter especially one whose called the press “the enemy of the people.” Let’s not forget the often used “fake news” for any news remotely critical of him. ABC News correspondent Terry Moran got the big assignment. I worked with Terry back in the 1990’s when

You can feel it. You can almost smell it when you wake up every morning. The fear of what he will do next. He has taken another step closer to being the dictator he always wanted to be. We all know about the 238 alleged Venezuelan gang members who were shipped off to a house

Did anyone think it would be this bad? The first couple of months of the crazed Trump take over of America has been stunning and terrifying. His twisted fascination and misunderstanding of tariffs has crashed the stock markets costing people trillions of dollars. For the Baby Boomer generation, they see years of investment savings evaporate

It’s clear that Donald Trump thinks he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. There are currently fifteen appeals pending in courts around the country challenging how he wants to bend the government, and therefore, all of us to his will. Trump has made clear he craves power and revenge. He has surrounded himself

The hateful and discriminatory language and conduct encouraged by our president has been so pervasive it’s difficult to grasp the effect it is having on society. It was never been clearer than Trump’s address to congress this past week. In his attack on transgender individuals, he said the government would recognize only males and females.

We need to wake up. There is a threat to our freedom of the press. It is unrelenting and getting more dangerous every day. The news media is under attack by the current president as never before in modern history. Some editors and media owners are rolling over out of fear. Once respected organizations like

In September 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from the Munich Conference with Adolf Hitler after agreeing to what is called a policy of appeasement which means you give your opponent what they want so you don’t have to fight them. Chamberlain gave his reasoning in a radio address. “How horrible, fantastic, incredible it